FELLOW PROGRAMMES

FELLOW PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT (FPM)

OVERVIEW

The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is a full-time, residential doctoral programme offering studies in different fields of management and functional areas. The programme aims to train prospective scholars to become highly skilled and innovative researchers and teachers in various aspects of management. It primarily aims at preparing students for careers as faculty members at premier academic institutions and for position outside academics requiring advanced research and analytical capabilities.

Course Structure

The FPM would ordinarily demand four years of residential requirements in two stages. In the first stage, the selected candidate needs to meet the course requirements over two years. During this stage, the student is given appropriate exposure to the basic discipline of management, thus preparing him/her for the thesis work in the next stage. Each student is placed under the guidance of a Faculty Advisory Committee after considering his or her field of interest.

In the first year, FPM students undertake a list of selected PGP core courses, as recommended by each functional area. The second year coursework would include specially designed doctoral courses, advanced courses and PGP elective courses in accordance to the scholars' area of interest. The student is required to ensure completion of required credits for each academic year as prescribed in the FPM student manual.

On successful completion of the course work, the student has to qualify in the comprehensive examination before taking up the thesis work.

The thesis stage is of two years. The student will select a thesis topic from among the areas: Economics; Finance; Human Resource Management; Information Systems; Marketing; Organizational Behaviour; Production, Operations & Decision Sciences and Strategic Management. The student is expected to identify a thesis topic in consultation with a thesis advisor, and work under the supervision of a Thesis Advisory Committee. On successful completion of all the requirements of the FPM, a student will be awarded the title 'Fellow in Management of XLRI'.

Fellowship

Fellow students are awarded a fellowship of Rs. 25,000/- per month during 1st and 2nd year and Rs. 30,000/- per month for the next two years in addition to tuition waiver, to cover living cost and other expenses. Fellowship will be paid only to full-time residential students for a maximum period of four years and no extensions will be provided. From third year, a student may work as a Research and Teaching Assistant (RTA), for which Rs. 30,000 per course will be paid extra.

A fellow student is entitled to a contingency grant of Rs. 25,000 per annum for four years and a grant of Rs. 20,000 for Data Collection during third year.

Conferences and International Exposure

The Institute provides support for attending National and International conferences after successful completion of first 2 years. A fellow student will be reimbursed all related expenses up to Rs. 2,00,000.

ADMISSION ELIGIBLITY PROCEDURE

Eligibility

A Master's degree or its equivalent in any discipline with at least 55% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates) with the Bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification with at least 60% marks (55% for SC/ST candidates) obtained after a minimum of three years of education after completing higher secondary education (10+2) or equivalent,

OR

Five years/four years Integrated Master's Degree programme in any discipline, with at least 55% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates), obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent

OR

BE/B.Tech degree or its equivalent with at least 60% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates) with 2 years of relevant work experience.

OR

A professional qualification like CA, ICWA or CS with at least 55% marks (50% for SC/ST candidates)

The applicant must hold a Bachelor's/Master's degree of any of the universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of parliament or declared to be deemed as a University under section 3 of UGC act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification recognized by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India, or possess an equivalent qualification from an institution approved by AICTE.

Non-fulfillment of these conditions will automatically result in cancellation of the admission.

The calendar for the admission of the FPM candidates is same as that for the students of the PGP.

Admission Process

The admission process requires a candidate to opt for ONE of the following options:

Option 1 - (XAT)

Candidates with any of the above qualifications may choose to appear in the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT - 2018) to be conducted on Sunday January 7, 2018.

Candidates with any of the above qualifications may submit UGC JRF/NET; GMAT/GRE/GATE results/scores taken during the last two years. Such candidates will be exempted from appearing in XAT.

Option 3 - (MBA/PGDM candidates)

Candidates who have done their PGP from XLRI, any of the IIMs, FMS Delhi, MDI Gurgaon, XIM Bhubaneswar, IRMA, SP Jain, School of Management of IITs, NITs, TIFR, TISS, ISI and other comparable institutes, with a CQPI of at least 6.00/8.00 or equivalent will also be exempted from appearing in the XAT.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to appear for a personal interview during March-April, 2018 at XLRI, Jamshedpur for the final selection.

CURRICULUM

Two year's course work for studying the prescribed courses as listed in the curriculum design.

Comprehensive examination after the successful completion of course work.

Thesis period after the successful completion of comprehensive examination.

The student is conferred the title "Fellow in Management" of XLRI on successful completion of all the requirements of the programme.

The total duration of the Program may, ordinarily, be of four years and a maximum of six years. Two extensions, of six months each beyond the aforesaid maximum period of six years may be considered in exceptional cases. Students failing to complete the requirements within this time period will be deemed to have withdrawn from the Program. The students are required to stay on campus and work full time at the Institute during the entire program. However, the FPM committee may permit, on recommendation of the Thesis Advisory Committee (TAC), a student to take up/resume employment only after the first draft of the thesis is presented, if satisfied that the student will be in a position to continue the thesis work despite being off campus and in job. A student has to meet all the requirements of the Fellow Program according to prescribed standards including the permissible maximum duration of the Program as above and no exemption will be granted for any reason whatsoever.

CURRICULUM DESIGN

Structure

All the Fellow Programme students are required to meet the following course requirements:

Elective Courses

A student is required to do 4 area specific elective courses. The elective courses will be ordinarily chosen from the list of electives offered to the Postgraduate Programme students.

Doctoral Courses

A student is required to undertake 4 doctoral courses. Of these four, at least 3 needs to be from the student's area of specialization and the fourth course may be from the list of electives in other areas offered especially to the Doctoral Students. The aim is to socialize students into the process of scholarly research and provide them opportunity to do critical review of research in their area of specialization.

Advanced FPM Courses

The FPM students will be required to undergo four advanced or compulsory FPM courses. The aim is to provide teaching and research skills of an integrated nature. The four advanced courses are:

Advanced Research Methods (ARM)

Advanced Techniques in Research Methods (ATRM)

Academic Writing (AW)

Pedagogy for Management Teachers (PMT)

Seminar Course

FPM students are required to undertake a Seminar course in consultation with area faculty in the field of research interest of the student. It is a non-classroom course.

Qualifying Examination

After successful completion of the course requirements, the FPM student is required to take the comprehensive examination to qualify for the thesis registration.

SPECIALISATION

At the time of applying for admission, a candidate is required to choose his/her area of specialization for the purpose of the thesis. Student can pursue research in the following areas:

Economics

Finance

Human Resource Management

Information Systems

Marketing

Organizational Behaviour

Production, Operations & Decision Sciences

Strategic Management

A student is permitted to change the area of research only with the permission of FPM Committee. The FPM Committee may require the student to do some more courses suitable for the changed research area as the condition for such a change.